CHAPTER 143

An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-201, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the construction, maintenance and operation of
detention homes.

[H 351]

Approved March 2, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-201, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-201. The responsibility for the construction, maintenance and
operation of a detention home established by a city or county or any com-
bination thereof and the necessary expenses incurred in maintaining and
operating such detention home shall be a charge upon the county or city,
or any combination thereof, as the case may be, and the county boards
of supervisors or the city councils or other governing bodies shall make
provision therefor. The Commonwealth shall reimburse the city or county,
or any combination thereof, as the case may be, one-half of the cost of
construction or enlargement of a detention home hereafter constructed
or enlarged by, or whose facilities will for a period of at least ten years
be available, upon a basis approved by the Board, for use by, three or more
counties or cities or any combination thereof, and two-thirds of the sal-
aries of officers and employees engaged in the operation and maintenance
of detention homes; and it shall further reimburse the city or county, or
any combination thereof, for the entire reasonable cost of food and of the
clothing, medicines, lights, water, heat, disinfectants, beds and bedding,
and other necessary equipment and supplies required for the care of chil-
dren held in detention homes awaiting hearing or disposition under the
juvenile laws of this State. Provided, however, that no such reimburse-
ment for costs of construction shall be had unless the construction of such
detention home has been approved by the Governor and plans and specifi-
cations therefor have been submitted to and approved by him; nor shall
any such reimbursement exceed fifty thousand dollars for any one such
home during any period of three years. Provided, further, that equipment
may be purchased only after approval is first obtained in writing from
the Department, or it is required by appropriate authority for safety or
health. Such reimbursement shall be paid in monthly installments by the
State Treasurer out of funds appropriated in the general appropriation
act for criminal costs.